The BCCO is a community orchestra in Park Slope, Brooklyn. It is sponsored by the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and is composed of amateurs and professionals committed to music making and performance.
The BCCO is under the direction of Maestro Dorothy Savitch and is in its sixth season. The orchestra rehearses regularly at St. Saviours Church on 8th Avenue and 6th Street every Tuesday night from 7:30 to 9:30 and performs regularly in Park Slope and surrounding neighborhoods.
The BCCO is seeking new members for the 2007-2008 season. We welcome musicians at an intermediate to advanced level. A small membership fee is required. To find out more about joining the orchestra and to schedule an audition, contact Dorothy Savitch at Lewsavitch@verizon.net or 718-622-3300.
Saturday December 8, 2007 at 8:00pm
at the John Jay High School Auditorium, 237 7th Avenue, between 4th and 5th Streets in Park Slope
Tickets are available at the door on the night of the concert. $10/$5 students and seniors
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Lew: Second Rhapsody, Kathryn Favazza, soprano
Mendelssohn: Italian Symphony
Saturday, January 26, 2008, at 8:00 pm
Location TBA
Members of the BCCO will join the Brooklyn Conservatory Chorale, under the direction of Nelly Vuksic, in music by Telemann and Mozart.
Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 7:30 pm
at Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, 75 Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights
William Schuman: New England Triptych
Ney Rosauro: Marimba Concerto, Steve Solook, Marimba
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 8:00 pm
John Jay High School
7th Avenue between 4th and 5th Streets in Park Slope
Joachim Raff: Sinfonietta for Winds
Richard Strauss: Concerto #1 in E flat for Horn, Eric Davis, French Horn
Johannes Brahms: Symphony #1 in C minor
Rehearsals begin Tuesday September 18, 2008. The detailed rehearsal schedule is on the Members page.
Maestro Savitch has worked extensively with both amateur and professional orchestras. From 1989-1999 she was Music Director of the Gotham Chamber Orchestra in NYC. She is currently Music Director of the Sound Symphony Orchestra in Suffolk County, Long Island and the BCCO in Brooklyn.
The BCCO accepts contributions that help us rent music and cover concert costs. The orchestra also seeks advertisements for our concert programs, ranging from $75 to $125 for the season. To make a contribution contact lewsavitch@verizon.net or 718-622-3300. To take out an advertisement, contact betsysmulyan@verizon.net.
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